linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:05:09 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
CC:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davej@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...x.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option

Jesse Barnes wrote:
>>> This is more for compatibility with legacy X
>> Legacy X, and non-BAR X memory (originally ISA, of course; now
>> probably more often "stolen system memory").
> 
> For legacy memory, we actually have /sys/bus/pci/<busno>/legacy_mem 
> (though ia64 may be the only supported platform).  It's actually 
> required on some arches due to the way this space is allocated across 
> the system.

Well, it's certainly not under /sys/bus/pci on x86 systems...

	-hpa
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